Try this to see its components:
> str(unclass(xd))
List of 9
$ sec : num [1:6] 0 0 0 0 0 0
$ min : int [1:6] 0 0 0 0 0 0
$ hour : int [1:6] 0 0 0 0 0 0
$ mday : int [1:6] 9 31 12 12 30 30
$ mon : int [1:6] 2 4 10 10 6 6
$ year : int [1:6] 107 107 108 108 109 109
$ wday : int [1:6] 5 4 3 3 4 4
$ yday : int [1:6] 67 150 316 316 210 210
$ isdst: int [1:6] 0 1 0 0 1 1
and read R News 4/1 for more.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:20 AM, laurent<lgaut...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
>
> I am having an issue with strptime (see below).
> I can reproduce it on R-2.8, R-2.9, and R-2.10-dev, I tempted to see
> either a bug or my misunderstanding (and then I just don't currently see
> where).
>
> # setup:
> x <- c("March 09, 2007", "May 31, 2007", "November 12, 2008", "November
> 12, 2008", "July 30, 2009", "July 30, 2009" )
>
> # showing the problem
>> length(x)
> 6
>> xd <- strptime(x, format = "%B %d, %Y")
>> length(xd)
> 9
>> xd[1:9]
> [1] "2007-03-09" "2007-05-31" "2008-11-12" "2008-11-12" "2009-07-30"
> [6] "2009-07-30" NA NA NA
>> length(strptime(rep(x, 2), format="%B %d, %Y"))
> [1] 9
>> strptime(rep(x, 2), format="%B %d, %Y")[1:12]
> [1] "2007-03-09" "2007-05-31" "2008-11-12" "2008-11-12" "2009-07-30"
> [6] "2009-07-30" "2007-03-09" "2007-05-31" "2008-11-12" "2008-11-12"
> [11] "2009-07-30" "2009-07-30
>
> Any pointer would be appreciated.
>
>
>
> L.
>
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